Commentary: Impact of Kevin Ware's injury not lost

11:24 PM,
Apr. 1, 2013

Written by

JIM
LITKE

The photograph of Kevin Ware in a hospital bed with the NCAA regional championship trophy propped up alongside him like a giant get-well card makes it all easier to take.

But hours earlier, in those first few heartbeats after his leg snapped grotesquely in a corner of the frame as CBS televised Sunday's Midwest regional final between his Louisville team and Duke, no one dared look. Even CBS couldn't.

Its cameras lingered first on Duke's Tyler Thornton, who had just made the 3-point shot on the same play - freezing momentarily, covering his eyes with his hand, and then looking back to be sure what ...